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Re:A story of "launch" disaster: fast-food style by j2d2 on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @07:38AM (#878840)
Wouldn't you agree that the web's current ecosystem-via-API nature is a good example of this?
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Re:A story of "launch" disaster: fast-food style by peterwwillis on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @10:26AM (#879117)
For similar services sure, or services which rely on others even if they aren't similar. BK went down and all of a sudden Twitter's throwing 503's. Coincidence, or strain on backend resources from users fleeing to their back-up social network?
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